Needed images list (wiki) for existing Wikipedia articles

[Loopy30]

The Problem.
Many articles on Wikipedia could use an image, but the only corresponding images on iNaturalist currently lack an appropriate sharing license (CC0, CC-BY, or CC-BY-SA). The following taxa have been identified as being needed on Wikipedia and worthy of requesting a license change. If you identify another such image then please add it to the list below.

A list of those images with licenses that have been changed are given further below in this thread.

A separate wiki list is kept for those images also not represented on Wikimedia Commons but do not yet have a corresponding Wikipedia article. These images would be useful for future articles on the subject.

The Numbers
523 Image license change requests sent to 494 users
367 responses received (70%)
327 positive responses (95%), 30 requests stalled, 16 refusals
302 Image licenses changed by 281 users
23 users then applied these changes to all their other images as well.

Images needed
Here is a list of a selection of taxa that have research grade images on iNaturalist but no corresponding image on Wikipedia:
Abronia campbelli (Campbell’s Alligator Lizard) - license change requested 03 Jan 2022
Acanthixalus sonjae (Ivory Coast Wart Frog) - license change requested 03 Jan 2022
Acontias albigularis - license change requested 07 Jan 2022 (n.b. first user refused request)
Acontias grayi (Gray’s Dwarf Legless Skink) - license change requested 04 Jan 2022
Acontias parietalis - license change requested 04 Jan 2022
Adelophis copei (Cope’s Mountain Meadow Snake) - license change requested 05 Jan 2022
Adelophryne maranguapensis - license change requested 05 Jan 2022
Adenomera lutzi (Lutz’s Tropical Bullfrog) - license change requested 06 Jan 2022
Afrixalus laevis (Smooth Spiny Reed Frog) - license change requested 07 Jan 2022
Afrixalus orophilus (Kivu Banana Frog) - license change requested 07 Jan 2022
Afrixalus uluguruensis (Uluguru Banana Frog) - license change requested 07 Jan 2022
Afrixalus wittei (De Witte’s Spiny Reed Frog) - license change requested 07 Jan 2022
Alcyopis cyanoptera - license change requested 18 Mar 2021 with reminder on 10 May 2022, and second user asked on 16 Jan 2022.
Allobates caeruleodactylus - license change requested 08 Jan 2022
Allobates juanii - license change requested 09 Jan 2022
Allobates marchesianus (Dull Rocket Frog) - license change requested 09 Jan 2022
Allobates nidicola - waiting until user (pedroivosimoes) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Allocapnia maria (Two-knobbed Snowfly) - license change requested 25 Apr 2021
Allocapnia minima (Boreal Snowfly) - license change requested 25 Apr 2021
Allocapnia recta (Eastern Snowfly) - waiting until user (owenstrickland) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Allomallodon popelairei - license change requested 28 Mar 2022
Alsodes igneus (Tolhuaca Spiny-chest Frog) - license change requested 10 Jan 2022
Alsodes montanus - license change requested 10 Jan 2022
Alsodes tumultuosus - license change requested 11 Jan 2022
Ameerega boliviana - license change requested 13 Jan 2022
Ameerega braccata - license change requested 13 Jan 2022
Amietia hymenopus (Phofung River Frog) - waiting until user (alexanderr) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Amnirana lemairei (Lemaire’s White-lipped Frog) - waiting until user (alexanderr) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Amolops assamensis (Assam Stream Frog) - license change requested 14 Jan 2022
Amolops granulosus - license change requested 14 Jan 2022
Amolops loloensis - waiting until user ( zhaochi_zeng) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Anolis sacamecatensis - license change requested 18 Jan 2022
Anolis stevepoei - license change requested 18 Jan 2022
Anolis zapotecorum (Zapotec Anole) - license change requested 18 Jan 2022
Anomalopus swansoni (Punctate Worm-Skink) - license change requested 18 Jan 2022
Anomalopus leuckartii (Two-clawed Worm-Skink) - license change requested 19 Jan 2022
Anomochilus leonardi (Leonard’s Pipe Snake) - license change requested 19 Jan 2022
Ansonia albomaculata (Whitebelly Stream Toad) - wait a few weeks, just asked same user (Jan 2022)
Ansonia penangensis (Penang Stream Toad) - license change requested 20 Jan 2022
Ansonia platysoma (Flat-bodied Slender Toad) - wait a few weeks, just asked same user (Jan 2022)
Ansonia tiomanica (Pulo Tioman Stream Toad) - license change requested 20 Jan 2022
Antillotyphlops monensis (Mona Blind Snake) - license change requested 21 Jan 2022
Anyphaena californica - waiting until user (kschnei) has responded on a previous request (Apr 21) before sending.
Aplagiognathus spinosus - license change requested 01 Apr 2022
Aplastodiscus albofrenatus (White-fronted Tree Frog) - license change requested 21 Jan 2022
Apotrophus simplicicollis - license change requested 02 May 2022
Aprasia aurita (Eared Worm-Lizard) - wait a few weeks, just asked same user (Jan 2022)
Archelaphe bella (Bella Rat Snake) - license change requested 22 Jan 2022
Arcovomer passarellii- license change requested 22 Jan 2022
Armoracia sisymbrioides - license change requested 03 Apr 2021
Aromobates meridensis (Mérida Rocket Frog) - license change requested 23 Jan 2022
Arthroleptella bicolor (Bainskloof Moss Frog) - waiting until user (alexanderr) has responded on a previous request (Jan 22) before sending.
Arthroleptides martiensseni (Usambara Torrent Frog) - license change requested 23 Jan 2022
Arthroleptis adolfifriederici (Rugegewald Screeching Frog) - waiting until user (sekisambu) has responded on a previous request (Jan 22) before sending.
Arthroleptis affinis (Ahl’s Squeaker) - waiting until user (donchelu) has responded on a previous request (Jan 22) before sending.
Arthrosaura versteegii - license change requested 25 Jan 2022
Asaccus gardneri - license change requested 25 Jan 2022
Asaccus margaritae - license change requested 25 Jan 2022
Aspidura brachyorrhos (Boie’s Rough-sided Snake) - wait a few weeks, just asked same user (Jan 2022)
Aspidura ceylonensis (Ceylon Keelback) - wait a few weeks, just asked same user (Jan 2022)
Aspidura desilvai (De Silva’s Rough-sided Snake) - wait a few months, just asked same user (Jan 2022)
Aspidura drummondhayi (Drummond-Hay’s Rough-sided Snake) - wait a few weeks, just asked same user (Jan 2022)
Asterophrys turpicola (New Guinea Bush Frog) - license change requested 26 Jan 2022
Astylosternus occidentalis (Western Night Frog) - waiting until user (matthieuberroneau) has responded on a previous request (Jan 22) before sending.
Astylosternus ranoides (Central Night Frog) - license change requested 27 Jan 2022
Atelopus mindoensis (Mindo Stubfoot Toad) - waiting until user (felipecampos) has responded on a previous request (Jan 22) before sending.
Atractaspis dahomeyensis (Dahomey Burrowing Asp) - license change requested 30 Jan 2022
Aubria subsigillata (Brown Ball Frog) - license change requested 31 Jan 2022
Baeopogon-indicator (Honeyguide Greenbul) - just asked same user (Mar 22), wait a few months before sending.
Balebreviceps hillmani (Bale Mountains Tree Frog) - waiting until user (michelemenegon) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Bamanophis dorri (Dorr’s Racer) - waiting until user (jakob) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Batrachyla nibaldoi (Nibaldo’s Wood Frog) - waiting until user (vicentevaldesguzman) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Bolitoglossa alvaradoi (Alvarado’s Salamander) - license change requested 11 Jan 2022
Bulia similaris (Similar Graphic) - license change requested 04 Apr 2021, reminder 24 Apr 2022 (nb. first user refused request)
Caaeteboia amarali - license change requested 12 Jan 2022
Chiropterotriton arboreus (Arboreal Splayfoot Salamander) - waiting until user (smrovito) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Coptotermes gestroi (Asian Subterranean Termite) - license change requested 24 Apr 2021
Cordierites coralloides - license change requested 28 Sep 2021
Cordylus beraduccii (Maasai Girdled Lizard) - waiting until user (mefupa) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Cosmophasis ambonensis - requested December 07, 2021
Costoanachis semiplicata (Gulf Dove Snail) - license change requested 21 Apr 2021
Criodion cinereum - license change requested 01 Sep 2021 (nb. first user refused request)
Cryptotriton veraepacis (Baja Verapaz Salamander) - license change requested 01 Feb 2022
Derobrachus brevicollis - license change requested 02 May 2022
Derobrachus thomasi (Thomas’s Oak Borer) - license change requested 03 May 2022
Diaperasticus erythrocephalus - license change requested 05 May 2021
Dolichophis andreanus (Andreas’ Racer) - license change requested 16 Jan 2022
Echinostelium minutum - license change requested 01 Oct 2021 for genus page (although user last active in Aug 2016)
Empis maculata - wait a few months, user (raedwulf68) just changed another image
Epicaerus lepidotus - license change requested 04 Apr 2021 (nb. first user refused request)
Eucapnopsis brevicauda (Shorttailed Snowfly) - license change requested 25 Apr 2021, reminder Apr 2022
Euthlastoblatta abortiva - license change requested 24 Apr 2021, reminder 08 May 2022
Forficula mikado - license change requested 06 May 2021
Forficula ruficollis - license change requested 06 May 2021
Funisciurus pyrropus (Fire-footed Rope Squirrel) - license change requested 15 Jun 2022
Geomys texensis (Central Texas Pocket Gopher) - license change requested 14 Jun 2022
Grapholita fissana - license change requested 09 Sep 2021
Gryllita arizonae - license change requested 07 May 2021
Gymnogryllus leucostictus - license change requested 07 May 2021
Halenia pulchella - license change requested 25 Jan 2021, and 16 Jan 2022 (second user).
Haplorhynchites planifrons - waiting until user (psyllidhipster) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Hemidactylus brasilianus (Brazilian Half-toed Gecko) - license change requested 12 Jan 2022
Hemidactylus laticaudatus (Andersson’s Leaf-toed Gecko) - license change requested 15 Jan 2022
Heptium scamillatum - license change requested 20 Apr 2021
Heterachthes integripennis - license change requested 02 Apr 2021
Hileithia differentialis - license change requested 20 May 2021
Hoplopholcus labyrinthi - license change requested 19 Jun 2021
Hoplopholcus minotaurinus - license change requested 19 Jun 2021
Hoplopholcus minous - license change requested 19 Jun 2021
Indotyphlus battersbyi (Battersby’s Caecilian) - license change requested 07 Feb 2022
Kathroperla perdita (Longhead Sallfly) - license change requested 27 Apr 2021
Kepolydesmus anderisus - license change requested 07 Oct 2021
Laphria canis - license change requested 01 Apr 2021
Lygosoma haroldyoungi (Banded Supple Skink) - license change requested 01 Feb 2022
Macrotermes gilvus - license change requested 23 May 2021 (first user refused request)
Metepeira foxi - license change requested 25 Apr 2021
Microtus chrotorrhinus (Rock Vole) - license change requested 25 Mar 2021, and 17 Jan 2022 (second user)
Monodesmus callidioides - license change requested 08 May 2022
Nealcidion cuspidatum - license change requested 09 Apr 2021
Neocompsa gaumeri - license change requested 15 Apr 2021
Neocompsa intricata - license change requested 31 Mar 2021
Neocompsa tenuissima - license change requested 19 Apr 2021
Nephrurus sheai (Kimberley Rough Knob-tailed Gecko) - license change requested 15 Oct 2021
Ochraethes viridiventris - license change requested 02 Apr 2021
Odo patricius (genus and family page) - license change requested 16 Apr 2021
Oncideres angaturama - license change requested 07 Apr 2021
Oncideres digna - license change requested 17 Apr 2021
Oncideres diringsi - license change requested 17 Apr 2021
Oncideres fulva - license change requested 21 Mar 2021
Oncideres limpida - license change requested 15 Apr 2021
Oncideres scitula - wait for response from Neocompsa tenuissima request (19 Apr 2021)
Ophonus subquadratus - license change requested 13 Apr 2022
Orthomegas jaspideus - license change requested 10 May 2022
Orthomegas irroratus - license change requested 10 May 2022
Orthomegas monnei - license change requested 10 May 2022
Palaemnema gigantula - license change requested 09 Apr 2021
Paraperla wilsoni (Chilliwack Sallfly) - wait until prev req answered
Pardosa mackenziana (Mackenzie’s Thin-legged Wolf Spider) - license change requested 23 Apr 2021
Peasiella tantilla - license change requested 11 Apr 2022
Perdita malacothricis (Desert Dandelion Fairy Bee) - wait a few weeks, just asked same user (Jan 2022)
Perideridia lemmonii (Lemmon’s Yampah) - license change requested 14 Jun 2022
Pipa arrabali (Arrabal’s Suriname Toad) - wait until prev req answered (Jan 2022)
Poecilopyrodes pictus - license change requested 11 May 2022
Protopiophila litigata (Antler Fly) - license change requested 19 Mar 2021
Pselliopus zebra - license change requested 07 Mar 2021
Pseudopostega cretea - license change requested 18 Mar 2021, reminder 19 Feb 2022
Ptychadena ansorgii (Ansorge’s Ridged Frog) - license change requested 21 Jan 2022
Quercus urbanii - first user unsure of identification. second user contacted 27 Apr 2021
Reticulitermes hageni - license change requested 24 Apr 2021
Robinsonella mirandae - license change requested 04 Jun 2022
Sciocoris longifrons - waiting for reponse from same user (pfau_tarleton) on another request.
Skwala americana - license change requested 28 Apr 2021
Spondias radlkoferi - license change requested 02 Apr 2021
Stenoptilodes brevipennis - license change requested 19 Apr 2021
Strongylognathus arnoldii - license change requested 15 Feb 2022
Sturnira ludovici (Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat) - license change requested 22 Mar 2021
Tantilla planiceps (Western Black-headed Snake) - license change requested 10 Apr 2022
Tepuihyla edelcae (Ayarzaguena’s Tree Frog) - license change requested 31 Jan 2022
Thoracibidion striatocolle - license change requested 24 Mar 2021
Tillandsia elongata - license change requested 07 Apr 2021
Tropidion personatum - license change requested 07 Mar 2021
Turdinus marmoratus (Marbled Wren-Babbler) - license change requested 25 Mar 2022
Turpinia occidentalis - license change requested 21 Apr 2021
Tylomys nudicaudus - license change requested 09 Nov 2020, and 27 Mar 2021
Vostox apicedentatus (Toothed Earwig) - license change requested 06 May 2021
Yuhina everetti (Chestnut-crested Yuhina) - license change requested 26 Mar 2022

License change initiated but now stalled
Acleris foliana - license change requested 19 Apr 2022 - user selected NC/ND caveats
Acontias tristis (Northern Cape Legless Skink) - license change requested 04 Jan 2022 (n.b. not needed as CC-BY-SA image now available)
Agalychnis medinae - license change requested 08 Jan 2022
Allobates wayuu - license change requested 10 Jan 2022
Ambystoma rivulare (Michoacan Stream Salamander) - license change requested 12 Jan 2022
Amolops hainanensis (Hainan Torrent Frog) - license change requested 14 Jan 2022
Anolis carpenteri - license change requested 18 Jan 2022
Asiadodis yunnanensis (Chinese Shield Mantis) - license change requested 23 Feb 2021, and 16 Jan 2022 (second user), reminder Mar 2022
Atheris barbouri (Uzungwe Mountain Bush Viper) - license change requested 29 Jan 2022, user may prefer -CC-BY-NC license.
Coprinellus aureogranulatus - license change requested 28 Sep 2021
Crimona pallimedia - license change requested 24 Apr 2022
Cryptotriton alvarezdeltoroi (Álvarez del Toro’s Hidden Salamander) - license change requested 11 Jan 2022
Elapsoidea nigra (Black Garter Snake) - license change requested 07 Feb 2022. User checking for other releasable images.
Eurycea waterlooensis (Austin Blind Salamander) - license change requested 31 Jan 2022. User checking with original photographer.
Euthlastoblatta facies - license change requested 24 Apr 2021, reminder 08 May 2022, user unsure of changing.
Hexoplon calligrammum - license change requested 29 Mar 2021, reminder 17 Jan and 19 Mar 2022.
Hyperaspis binotata - license change requested 29 Apr 2021, awaiting dissection results, reminder 19 Mar 2022.
Melanoplus bruneri (Bruner’s Spur-throat Grasshopper) - license change requested 20 Mar 2022
Nealcidion latum - license change requested 22 Apr 2021, reminder 13 Jan 2022
Nippoptilia minor - license change requested 22 Apr 2022
Nothopleurus castaneus - license change requested 08 May 2022
Nothopleurus madericus - license change requested 08 May 2022, user unsure of changing
Ochraethes tomentosus - license change requested 16 Apr 2021
Ogcocephalus radiatus (Polkadot Batfish) - license change requested 17 Apr 2021, reminder 15 Jan 2022.
Oncideres sobrina - license change requested 21 Apr 2021, user unsure of changing
Orthomegas folschveilleri - license change requested 09 May 2022
Parastrongylaspis linsleyi - license change requested 11 May 2022
Resseliella clavula - license change requested 02 Apr 2022 - image no longer correctly identified.
Romulus globosus - license change requested 21 Jun 2022
Thelotornis usambaricus (Usambara Vine Snake) - license change requested 07 Feb 2022, reminder 19 Mar 2022.
Thoracibidion buquetii - license change requested 21 Apr 2021, reminder 19 Mar 2022.

Images unsuitable (all re-checked 16 Jan 2022)
Acanthodactylus arabicus (Arabian Fringe-fingered Lizard) - the only RG image is by the same user who already refused a different request.
Acanthodactylus blanci (Blanc’s Fringe-toed Lizard) - the only RG image is by the same user who already refused a different request.
Afrixalus equatorialis (Congo Banana Frog) - positive response, but only image is no longer RG.
Afrixalus vibekensis (Nimba Banana Frog) - only one RG observation, but contributer is not authourised to change image license.
Altiphylax tokobajevi (Tien Shan Pygmy Gecko) - only one image, but by the same user who already refused a different request.
Ansonia jeetsukumarani (Jeet Sukumarana’s Torrent-dwelling Toad) - only one RG image, but by the same user who already refused a different request.
Ansonia vidua (Murud Black Slender Toad) - only one RG observation, but contributer is not authourised to change image license.
Anurogryllus celerinictus - only one RG observation, but image obscured and blurry.
Atelopus peruensis (Peru Stubfoot Toad) - only one image, but by the same user who already refused a different request.
Bibundia hermanni - only one RG observation, but license change request refused.
Bulia mexicana - only one RG observation, but license change request refused
Eucera cordleyi (Cordley’s Long-horned Bee) - license change requested 14 Jan 2021, but observation is no longer RG.
Hemidactylus homoeolepis (Arabian Half-toed Gecko) - the only RG images are by the same user who already refused a different request
Nemurella pictetii - poor image
Odontotermes obesus - image originally requested is now downgraded to genus level ID. Remaining RG observations are of termite mounds only.
Oncideres rubra - only one RG observation, but license change request refused
Paracapnia opis (Northeastern Snowfly) - only one RG observation, but license change request refused
Paraidemona punctata - only one RG observation, but user is deceased.
Pristoceuthophilus arizonae - the only RG image is by the same user who already refused a different request
Pristurus abdelkuri (Abdel Kuri Rock Gecko) - two observations, but both by a user who already refused a different request.
Steiroxys strepens (Shield-backed Katydid) - two observations, but both by a user who refused the request.
Texophon nessium - two observations, but both by a user who has not previously replied to a request.
Tortyra argentifascia - neither of the two RG images currently available appears to be definitive according to user:coronadogim.

Images no longer needed
Agelaia multipicta - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Dejongia lobidactylus - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Dermanura watsoni - license change requested, user unable to change license but now no longer needed.
Heteromys salvini (Salvin’s Spiny Pocket Mouse) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Liolaemus stolzmanni (Stolzmann’s Lizard) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Neotoma macrotis (Big-eared Woodrat) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Ochraethes palmeri - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Rekoa malina - license change requested but first user did not complete license change, image now no longer needed.
Rhyzobius forestieri - license change requested but now no longer needed.

[murphyslab]

A bit of a question/suggestion for the iNat staff – would it be possible to have an (official?) iNat bot that comments on users’ observations (i.e. if the species matches a list of target species) to suggest making the image available for contribution through a change of license? Posts like this are great, but unless one’s highly familiar with scientific taxonomy, just posting a list like this isn’t going to connect with a lot of people. Even if I recognize “Quercus” in the list, and think, maybe I have an oak in my observations, it’s a circuitous process. It just won’t connect with a lot of users here.

So far I’ve personally contributed two of my observation photos to Wikipedia & Wikispecies. But that happens through a very different process; I’m curious to know more about the uncommon species that I’ve observed and I turn to Wikipedia & Wikispecies frequently. .

[Loopy30]

Hi murphyslab, first off - thank you for sharing your observations and uploading images to Wikimedia projects.

Secondly, although a list of scientific names like this might seem a bit arcane, I don’t expect individual users to view it and recognize species that they may have seen. In fact, for most of these entries, there are only a few, and sometimes only one user, who has recorded these observations. Rather, the purpose of the list is more of a place holder for those who may wish to make a request to the original observers that they might change their license. If I have more time in the future, I may also add the common name (if it exists) for each species and ensure that each entry is linked to its iNat observations page.

I am aware that other iNat users (eg. @josve05a, @cazort, @bouteloua) are also conducting this sort of activity and a wiki such as this page will allow us to better coordinate our efforts.

[choess]

Unfortunately, I’m not convinced this format (hand-maintained wiki here) is sustainable: there are about 57,000 plant articles (only!) on en.wikipedia that have been tagged as needing an image. I think a more selective approach might be needed. While I have some doubt as to the overall utility of the en.wikipedia article rating scale, maybe cutting down the list to existing articles of C-class or above, or B-class or above might make it more manageable, and also provide an incentive to upgrade articles before trawling for photographs.

[Loopy30]

This list is indeed just a start and probably not the best format. Perhaps a spreadsheet on google docs would be a better way to keep it updated than a hand-curated list. Feel free to start such a beast if you have the time.

As far as article quality ratings go, an article is generally required to already have an image in order to attain a C or higher rating. All the rest will be “stubs” and “start” articles. For the 57k plant articles requiring an image, we can reduce that number considerably by the fact that:

• some of these will already have an image but the talk page project box has not been updated yet (leading it to be counted as “needing an image”)
• some of these articles will have associated images available (but so far unused) on Wikipedia Commons
• most of these articles will not have a corresponding research grade observation within iNaturalist (which has a total of 113k species of all plants)
• some of the remaining observations will already have a permissible sharing license and be able to be uploaded immediately.

The point is not to “trawl for more photographs”, but to request the observers to share an image when theirs is the only research grade image available on either Wikimedia commons or iNaturalist combined.

[choess]

Illustrations aren’t mentioned in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_assessment until B class (they’re optional, though certainly desirable for a taxon). I think it would be difficult to push it past that, although I think I’ve seen fossil taxa make it to FA without an image.

I fired up https://imagechecker.toolforge.org/ and it looks like there’s around 5500 plant articles incorrectly tagged as needing images; of course, there may also be some that need images and aren’t tagged in the project template. My experience is that there’s not a huge amount of low-hanging fruit on Commons in terms of images that could be used in existing articles.

I’m sorry to be a wet blanket, but I’m not sure these wikis on the forum are going to be a very productive approach. The forum presumably attracts a very small fraction of observers; admittedly, these will generally be “power users”, but many of them have also reached conclusive opinions for or against releasing their own images under Wikipedia-usable terms. For those people who are on the fence, the odds of them scrolling through a very long list of taxa and hitting one where they could contribute an RG image seem low.

My suggestion about “C”-class articles or above wasn’t just an arbitrary way to cut down on the list. There’s clearly some resistance to the idea of bulk release of photos in the hopes that some of them might someday be incorporated into a Wikipedia article. Maybe seeing an existing, well-written article would evoke more of a sense of reciprocity?

[Loopy30]

Illustrations are used as a rating criteria needed for C class by the Wikipedia plants project here.

Again, I do not in any way ever expect a random observer to stumble across this list, review it and decide to change a license on one of their images. That is not its purpose. Rather, it can serve as a common point of coordination for those small number of iNat users who already send requests to iNat users that ask them if they would change their image license in order to improve Wikipedia articles.

Usually a request starts with a small ask, could they release a single image for a Wikipedia article that lacks any images? Once you point out the advantages of sharing the image and that theirs is the only observation of that species on iNaturalist, they often change not only the license for that image, but all their other observations as well.

It is still a time consuming and inefficient process. There is no low hanging fruit among this list. Instead, it is far more productive to trawl through the observations of those users who have already set a default license that allows sharing, which together represent at least 90k species. This list is merely a byproduct of those efforts which can then be used when a particular image is desired.

[Loopy30]

Licenses changed
Image licenses were changed for the following species and are now featured on Wikipedia:

Ablepharus anatolicus - thanks @ kristofz !
Abronia cuetzpali (Sierra de Miahuatlán Arboreal Alligator Lizard) - thanks @ jose_leoncio !
Abronia mixteca (Mixtecan Arboreal Alligator Lizard) - thanksi @ eugenio_padilla !
Acacia difficilis - thanks @ gecko1 ! (nb. first user refused request)
Acanthodactylus maculatus (Spotted Fringe-fingered Lizard) - thanks @ mourad-harzallah!
Acanthogilia gloriosa (Baja Phlox) - thanks @ joeysantore !
Achalinus niger (Black Odd-scaled Snake) - thanks @ ihenglan !
Achalinus werneri (Amami Takachiho Snake) - thanks @ yuchingtam !
Acontias cregoi (Cregoe’s Legless Skink) - thanks @ ryanvanhuyssteen !
Acontias subtaeniatus - thanks @ ryanvanhuyssteen !
Acutotyphlops solomonis - thanks @ jqrichmond !
Adelophryne baturitensis - thanks @ igorjroberto !
Adenomera saci (Cerrado Tropical Bullfrog) - thanks @ reuber !
Adenomus kandianus (Kandyan Dwarf Toad) - thanks @ mili_krvavac !
Adorea splendida - thanks @ laurent_h !
Aethes mymara - thanks @ owenstrickland !
Afrixalus crotalus (Zimbabwe Banana Frog) - thanks @ glennstockil !
Afrixalus osorioi (Osorio’s Spiny Reed Frog) - thanks @ gauvain_saucy !
Agalychnis buckleyi (Warty Leaf Frog) - thanks @ javierdavid !
Agalychnis hulli (Amazonian Monkey Frog) - thanks @ amplex4love !
Agalychnis psilopygion - thanks @ docodave !
Agama sankaranica (Senegal Agama) - thanks @ sullivanribbit !
Agelaia vicina - thanks @ rogeriomachado !
Aglyptodactylus laticeps - thanks @ symPiotr and @ aurelien_miralles !
Alcalus baluensis (Balu Eastern Frog) - thanks @ honeyroll_ahmad_sah ! (n.b. first user refused request)
Allobates conspicuus (Manu Rocket Frog) - thanks @ philip_stettler !
Allobates ornatus - thanks @ tom-kirschey !
Allobates sumtuosus - thanks @ pedrofbisneto !
Alcalus rajae - thanks @ fhadlikennedi !
Allobates fratisenescus - thanks @ marlon_edy !
Allopiophila luteata - thanks @ renko !
Alsodes australis - thanks @ martin_arregui !
Alsodes gargola - thanks @ rdsage !
Alsodes vanzolinii - thanks @ matiasman !
Alsophis manselli (Montserrat Racer) - thanks @ markhulme !
Alytes maurus (Moroccan Midwife Toad) - thanks @ gjverspui !
Amalosia rhombifer (Zigzag Velvet Gecko) - thanks @ rreams !
Amanita orientifulva (Asian Orange-Brown Ringless Amanita) - thanks @ wang1420 !
Ambeodontus tristis (Twotoothed Longhorn) - thanks @ jtweed !
Ameerega berohoka (Goiás Poison Frog) - thanks @ alexbergmann !
Ameerega pongoensis (Pongo de Aguirre Poison Frog) - thanks @ inktomi !
Amerotyphlops trinitatus (Trinidad Worm Snake) - thanks @ mikegrutherford !
Amietia desaegeri (De Saeger’s River Frog) - thanks @ akaprovi !
Amietia vertebralis (Maluti River Frog) - thanks @ rob_palmer !
Amietia wittei (Molo Frog) - thanks @ tommysandri !
Amnirana amnicola - thanks @ cquirin !
Amolops chunganensis (Chungan Sucker Frog) - thanks @ amarzee !
Amolops cremnobatus - thanks @ andaman !
Amolops torrentis - thanks @ qin_huang !
Amphibolips quercusracemaria - thanks @ janetwright !
Ancistrotus uncinatus - thanks @ ** caiogrande !**
Ancylis discigerana (Yellow Birch Leaffolder Moth) - thanks @ joannerusso !
Andrena curvungula - thanks @ khd !
Angelica tomentosa (Woolly Angelica) - thanks @ morganstickrod !
Anhydrophryne hewitti (Hewitt’s Moss Frog) - thanks @ gerberannette !
Anilany helenae - thanks @ mullink !
Anisolepis grilli (Boulenger’s Tree Lizard) - thanks @ deonirgeolvanezimmermann !
Anolis eugenegrahami (Eugene’s Anole) - thanks @ ronsavage !
Anolis immaculogularis (Puerto Escondido Anole) - thanks @ rodrigoarrazola !
Anolis vermiculatus (Vinales Anole) - thanks @ bryanjbd !
Anomala foraminosa - thanks @ mako252 !
Anomochilus monticola (Mountain Pipe Snake) - thanks @ kenlaphoto !
Ansonia siamensis (Thai Stream Toad) - thanks @ binturong27 !
Antodynerus limbatus - thanks @ karan_7 !
Antrodiaetus pugnax - thanks @ thrust_belt !
Apachyus peterseni - thanks @ tjeales !
Apletodon dentatus (Small-headed Clingfish) - thanks @ jujurenoult !
Aplidium solidum - thanks @ alex_bairstow !
Aplastodiscus ehrhardti (Ehrhardt’s Tree Frog) - thanks @ alessandherpiva !
Aplota palpella (Scarce Brown Streak) - thanks @ ranierop !
Aposthonia gurneyi) - thanks @ ellurasanctuary !
Arenivaga apacha - thanks @ morgancantrell !
Arenivaga erratica - @ susanmf !
Arenivaga investigata (Desert Cockroach) - thanks @ isaac_krone !
Argyrodes fissifrons (Thief Spider) - thanks @ kevin_chang ! (nb. first user refused request)
Argyrophis diardii (Diard’s Blindsnake) - thanks @ nidhincyriljoseph !
Arthroleptides yakusini - thanks @ martinnielsen !
Arthroleptis tanneri (Tanzanian Screeching Frog) - thanks @ hubertszcz !
Arytropteris granulithorax - thanks @ alexanderr !
Aspidura ravanai (Ravana’s Rough-sided Snake) - thanks @ nuwan !
Astrotischeria solidagonifoliella - thanks @ royaltyler !
Asynapteron glabriolum - thanks @ jorgemanchola !
Atelognathus nitoi (Rio Negro Frog) - thanks @ dacross !
Atelognathus reverberii (Laguna Raimunda Frog) - thanks @ edu_bal !
Atheris rungweensis (Mt Rungwe Bush Viper) - thanks @ eric120 !
Atractaspis aterrima (Western Forest Stiletto Snake) - thanks @ violettederozier !
Atractaspis irregularis (Variable Burrowing Asp) - thanks @ karisiasafaris !
Attaneuria ruralis (Stone Giant) - thanks @lfelliot !
Bachia trinitatis (Trinidad Worm Lizard) - thanks @ renoirjauguste !
Baliodryas steinbachi (Steinbach’s Snake) - thanks @ thevargases !
Basitoxus megacephalus - thanks @ leonardomercon !
Batrachyla antartandica (Marbled Wood Frog) - thanks @ martinoli !
Brunepisinus selirong - thanks @ bruce_teo !
Bulia confirmans - thanks @ wayne_fidler !
Buthoscorpio sarasinorum - thanks @ sanjaya_kanishka ! (no response from first user).
Calamonastes undosus (Miombo Wren-Warbler) - thanks @ markuslilje ! (n.b. first user refused request)
Californiulus euphanus - thanks @ adambryant !
Callipterinella calliptera - thanks @ mihajlo2 !
Callirhytis quercussuttoni (Gouty Stem Gall Wasp) - thanks @ david102 !
Callitriche truncata (Short-leaved Water-Starwort) - thanks @ ronf !
Calochilus grandiflorus - thanks @ lianaj !
Calomyxa metallica - thanks @ sarahlloyd !
Calotes bachae - thanks @ luke-the-explorer !
Carabus pedemontanus - thanks @ berniedup !
Celticecis pubescens (Hackberry Pubescent Gall Midge) larva - thanks @ kimberlietx !
Chilara taylori (Spotted Cusk-Eel) - thanks @helgeweissig ! (n.b.second user asked)
Chiropterotriton aureus (Atzalan Golden Salamander) - thanks @ mirnagg !
Chordodes formosanus - thanks @ bettyshen !
Chorisoneura parishi - thanks @ techgrl18 !
Cochylichroa aurorana (Pink-mottled Cochylis) - thanks @ mhking !
Coeloptera vulpina - thanks @ dustaway !
Compsibidion maronicum - thanks @ gerryvantonder !
Compsibidion vanum - thanks @ pajeu !
Coptotermes acinaciformis - thanks @ streglystend !
Corella willmeriana (Icy Tunicate) - thanks @ sitkaconnor !
Criodion angustatum - thanks @ nicoolejnik !
Criodion tomentosum - thanks @ caja-manga !
Crotaphytus reticulatus (Reticulate Collared Lizard) - thanks @ neilbalchan ! (nb. second user request, no reply from first user request)
Cycloptera arcuata - thanks @ danielpuckett !
Cycnia collaris (Unexpected Cycnia Moth) - thanks @ wildreturn !
Cyclodomorphus praealtus (Alpine She-oak Slender Bluetongue) - thanks @ owenlishmund !
Cylindropuntia fosbergii - thanks @ birgitknorr !
Damarchus sp. - thanks @albertkang !
Derobrachus granulatus - thanks @ erc_cr !
Derobrachus megacles - thanks @magazhu !
Dolichoderus decollatus - thanks @ thierrycordenos !
Diapheromera persimilis (Similar Walkingstick) - thanks @ Matt !
Diasporidion duplicatum - thanks @ jmmaes !
Diradius vandykei - thanks @ harrier !
Dromochorus velutinigrens (Velvet Dromo Tiger Beetle) - thanks @ matthewct20 !
Elaphrus ruscarius - thanks @ jeffcramer !
Elateropsis scabrosus - thanks @swamphiker !
Entedon magnificus - thanks @ elusiveorchids !
Epicaerus imbricatus - thanks @ henry_wallace !
Epidendrum excisum - thanks @ efray !
Epilampra maya - thanks @ zanskar !
Eremoblatta hirsuta - thanks @ yoshito_fm !
Esmeralda laetifica - thanks @ ecarpe !
Etorofus anthracinus- thanks @ overholtz !
Euborellia annulata - thanks @ onidiras !
Eucera actuosa - thanks @ anudibranchmom !
Eucera hamata (Hooked Long-horned Bee) - thanks @ janet31 ! (nb. no reply from first user requested)
Eugongylus albofasciolatus (Solomon Island Ground Skink) - thanks @ squiresk !
Eugongylus rufescens (Bar-lipped Sheen-Skink) - thanks @ congonaturalist ! (nb. no reply from first user requested)
Eupeodes nitens - thanks @ raedwulf68 !
Eurycotis lixa - thanks @ lucanus95 !
Eutrochium steelei - thanks @ annprince52 !
Euxoa scandens (White Cutworm Moth) - thanks @ imbeaul !
Forficula lucasi - thanks @ savvaszafeiriou !
Forficula tomis - thanks @ sanya-copepoda !
Galaxias divergens (Dwarf Galaxias) - thanks @ lisa_bennett !
Galumna sp - thanks @ grey !
Gampsocera numerata - thanks @ rui_andrade!
Gekko adleri (Adler’s Gecko) - thanks @ yuki503 !
Globitermes sulphureus - thanks @ zinogre !
Gnathamitermes sp. (Long-jawed Desert Termites) - thanks @ codyhough !
Gnomibidion fulvipes - thanks @ rmodaiane !
Gonatodes antillensis (Antilles Gecko) - thanks @ jakescott !
Gyrinus gibber - thanks @ jeanfrancoisroch !
Haploperla sp. - thanks @ little_metal_weirdo !
Haplorhynchites quadripennis - thanks @ tcouncil !
Haplorhynchites eximius - thanks @ colincroft !
Haplorhynchites pseudomexicanus - thanks @ ashley-j-schmitz !
Hemidactylus aaronbaueri (Aaron Bauer’s House Gecko) - thanks @ sushantmore !
Hesperoperla hoguei - thanks @ barbarab !
Heterachthes ebenus - thanks @ ncowey !
Heterachthes fraterculus - thanks @ oliverkomar !
Heterachthes howdeni - thanks @ aztekium !
Heterachthes plagiatus - thanks @ lrubio7 !
Heterachthes w-notatus - thanks @ valkyrjan !
Hexoplon venus - thanks @ oscarencisoa !
Hipposideros khaokhouayensis (Phou Khao Khouay Leaf-nosed Bat) - thanks @ earthknight !
Holonotus laevithorax - thanks @ albertogg !
Hoplopholcus forskali - thanks @ besnikfetiu1 !
Hospitalitermes monoceros - thanks @ amila_sumanapala !
Hyla simplex (Annam Tree Frog) - thanks @ amarzee !
Hyleoza lineata - @ estebansurez !
Hyperandra excavata - thanks @ gernotkunz !
Hypericum thesiifolium - thanks @ erickaceae_98 !
Idiostatus apollo (Apollo Shieldback) - thanks @ bugsoundsjc!
Idiostatus gurneyi (Gurney’s Shieldback) - thanks @ kestrel !
Idiostatus variegatus (Variegated Shieldback) - thanks @ bufface !
Insuetaspis paradoxus - thanks @carlosjuarezp !
Irbisia californica- thanks @ michaelwall !
Irbisia sericans - thanks @ gwark !
Isopedella cana - license changed 16 Mar 2021 - thanks @ npk!
Itata completa - thanks @ stanimiradeleva !
Isoperla bilineata - thanks @ gordonjohnston2 !
Lacanobia atlantica (Atlantic Arches Moth) - thanks @ stubirdnb !
Lagocheirus binumeratus - thanks @ jmmaes !
Lagocheirus rosaceus - thanks @ alex_cicindela_guy !
Leposoma scincoides - thanks @ joao_gava_just !
Leptodactylus poecilochilus (Turbo White-lipped Frog) - thanks @ jakeschneider00 !
Leptosiaphos kilimensis (Kilimanjaro Five-toed Skink) - thanks @ raskal !
Liarea hochstetteri ssp. carinella - thanks @ glycymeris !
Liarea turriculata - thanks @ mike68lusk !
Liothula omnivora (Adult Common Bag Moth) - thanks @ aniste !
Litoprosopus confligens - thanks @ gernotkunz !
Litoria arfakiana (Arfakiana Tree Frog) - thanks @ myerssusan !
Liturgusa krattorum - thanks @ jiri_hodecek !
Lychas srilankensis - thanks @ sanjaya_kanishka !
Marthana niveata - thanks @ aztekium !
Marava arachidis (Bone-house Earwig) - thanks @ brandonwoo !
Mediodactylus bartoni (Cretan Thin-toed Gecko) - thanks @ kristianmunkholm !
Megalepthyphantes nebulosus - thanks @ carolberney !
Megarcys subtruncata (Truncate Springfly) - thanks @ chloejreid (chloe_and_trevor) !
Melanchra pulverulenta - thanks @ michelarrivee !
Menemerus fagei - thanks @ podicepscristatus !
Meroscelisus servillei - thanks @ nicoolejnik !
Metoligotoma tasmanica - thanks @ zosterops99 !
Microchaetina sp. - thanks @ sobek !
Mictopsichia mincae - thanks @ kyukich !
Muhlenbergia utilis - thanks @ romeyswanson !
Mycterophora rubricans - thanks @ jimjohnson !
Myonycteris relicta (East African Collared Fruit Bat) - thanks @ carrieseltzer !
Necturus moleri (Apalachicola Waterdog) - thanks @ captainjack0000 !
Neocompsa alacris - thanks @ julio ! (nb. no reply from first user requested).
Neocompsa chemsaki - thanks @ jaico !
Neocompsa cylindricollis - thanks @ sikim !
Neocompsa sericans - thanks @ nickbedard !
Neocompsa textilis - thanks @ rolandorc !
Neomochtherus willistoni - thanks @ chloe_and_trevor !
Neonemobius eurynotus (California Ground Cricket) - thanks @ wild-by-nature-db !
Neonemobius variegatus - thanks @ eattaway92 !
Neorapana tuberculata - thanks @ dpom !
Nes longus (Orangespotted Goby) - thanks @ craigjhowe !
Nicuesa speciosa - thanks @ peterhma !
Notoplana australis - thanks @ gumnut !
Nyctemera cenis - thanks @ budowski !
Nymphargus griffithsi (Pepper Glassfrog) - thanks @ osoandino !
Ochraethes brevicornis - thanks @ mvz-juangonzalezromero !
Ochraethes citrinus - thanks @ belemqueuedelapin !
Oedaleonotus orientis - thanks @ biocowboy !
Oedaleonotus pacificus - thanks @ rickwalks !
Oncideres albomarginata - thanks @ kkrockytop !
Oncideres colombiana - thanks @ oscarencisoa !
Oncideres laceyi - thanks @ antshrike69 !
Oncideres minuta - thanks @ felipecampos !
Oncideres pallifasciata - thanks @ momoto-erick !
Oncideres punctata - thanks @ adamwhiskey !
Onychohydrus scutellaris - thanks @ billelder !
Opsibidion albinum - thanks @ tamiranda !
Orgyia detrita - thanks @ wendybirdsbyrv !
Orthomegas haxairei - thanks @ heimatlos !
Orthomegas pehlkei - thanks @peterhma !
Oxyloma retusum (Blunt Ambersnail) - thanks @ marlacoppolino !
Paciocinebrina gracillima (Graceful Rocksnail) - thanks @ alex_bairstow !
Palaemnema chiriquita - thanks @ dennispaulson !
Palaemnema domina (Desert Shadowdamsel) - thanks @ desertharrier !
Paracyrtophyllus excelsus (Chisos Katydid) - thanks @ mako252 !
Paraperla frontalis (Hyporheic Sallfly) - thanks @ hjacobson !
Paraplotosus albilabris (Whitelip Catfish) - thanks @ albertkang !
Paraplotosus butleri (Sailfin Catfish) - thanks @ toeayling !
Paratriarius adonis - thanks @ rogerrittmaster !
Pardosa vancouveri - thanks @ fmcghee !
Pelegrina tillandsiae - thanks @ giffbeaton ! (two separate image requests)
Perdita californica (California Fairy Bee) - thanks @ tom_barnes_ !
Perdita interrupta (California Poppy Fairy Bee) - thanks @ david99 ! (first user refused request)
Periplaneta japanna (Urushi Cockroach) - thanks @ genjitsu !
Periplaneta japonica (Japanese Cockroach) - thanks @ simhak !
Peromyscus fraterculus (Northern Baja Deer Mouse) - thanks @ sidesplotch !
Phelsuma v-nigra ssp. anjouanensis (Anjouan Island Day Gecko) - thanks @ franky-m !
Philodromus collinus - thanks @ bvaleur !
Phlebia subochracea - thanks @ tombigelow !
Phonarellus minor - thanks @ gopisundar !
Phyllocnistis labyrinthella - thanks @ johsan !
Phyllodactylus pulcher (Barbados Leaf-toed Gecko) - thanks @ dcblades !
Pilophorus laetus - thanks @ barbara_thurlow !
Platorish - thanks @ ellurasanctuary !
Plebeia remota - thanks @ meliponicultor !
Podabrus conspiratus - thanks @ snapshotbirder !
Poekilosoma ornatum - thanks @ wilermam !
Prionus emarginatus - thanks @bug_eric !**
Prionus integer - thanks @ tobiashays !
Pristoceuthophilus celatus - thanks @ laurus_nobilis !
Pristoceuthophilus cercalis - thanks @ ldc !
Procambarus pygmaeus (Christmas Tree Crayfish) - thanks @ wildlandblogger ! (nb. third user request, no reply from first two user requests)
Pseudosermyle catalinae (Catalina Walkingstick) - thanks @ diego4nature !
Pterolocera amplicornis - thanks @ russ87 !
Pteroplatus pulcher - thanks @ mcclarinj !
Pygmodeon ditelum - thanks @ tusee !
Pygmodeon mutabile - thanks @ ameeds !
Pygmodeon validicorne - thanks @ a_meyer !
Quindina albomarginis - thanks @ pei-ott !
Rhinella dapsilis (Sharp-nosed Toad) - thanks @ dhfischer !
Rhipidocladum bartlettii - thanks @ jmeerman !
Rhomphaea fictilium (Lizard Spider) - thanks @ caterpillarscount !
Robinsonella brevituba - thanks @ huracan !
Scelolyperus torquatus - thanks @ thomaseverest !
Sclerophrys togoensis - thanks @ rmrabelo !
Seticeros granulocephalus - thanks @ andyenlaselva !
Shipsa rotunda (Intrepid Forestfly) thanks @ nsouc !
Sigmoria australis - thanks @ rmedina !
Siphonoperla torrentium (Small Yellow Sally) thanks @silversea_starsong !
Sphaerodactylus celicara (Baracoan Eyespot Sphaero) - thanks @ mig_ernesto !
Spiracme nigromaculatus - thanks @ thomasbarbin !
Steiroxys trilineata (Three-lined Shieldback) - thanks @ danjohnson !
Stenoptilodes littoralis - thanks @ drbh2o !
Stiria consuela - thanks @ tiwane !
Sweltsa lateralis (Curved Sallfly) - thanks @ nickbedard !
Symploce morsei - thanks @ lucanus95!
Terebra vinosa (Lilac Auger) - thanks @ susanhewitt !
Thaumatoperla robusta - thanks @ tleitch !
Tortyra auriferalis - thanks @ crx2aj3 !
Trachylepis socotrana (Socotra Mabuya) - thanks @ prasadkotian ! (nb. first user refused request).
Tragosoma pilosicornis - thanks @ianswift !
Trichopoda subdivisa - thanks @ dickwood!
Trisopterus esmarkii (Norway Pout) - thanks @ marefred !
Trochosa robusta - thanks @ raedwulf68 !
Tropidophis canus (Bahama Wood Snake) - thanks @ prprjp !
Turdinus atrigularis (Black-throated wren-babbler Wren-Babbler) - thanks @ natforlife !
Urocitellus canus (Gray Ground Squirrel) - thanks @ shearwater13 !
Urocitellus mollis (Piute Ground Squirrel) - thanks @ daver !
Vexillum adamsi - thanks @ kestrel !
Zapada cinctipes (Common Forestfly) - thanks @ sydcannings !
Zootermopsis laticeps (Widehead Rottenwood Termite) - thanks @ oridgen10 !

Super contributors
An extra special appreciation for those users who extended their license changes to apply to all the other observations on their life list as well:
ameeds
barbarab
belemqueuedelapin
caiogrande
caja-manga
chloe_and_trevor
colincroft
heimatlos
huracan
isaac_krone
jimeckert49
jmmaes
kristofz
lrubio7
overholtz
pajeu
pei-ott
ryanvanhuyssteen
squiresk
tjeales
wendybirdsbyrv
wildreturn
zinogre

[amarzee]

@Loopy30

Hyla simplex (Annam Tree Frog) - waiting until user (amarzee) has responded on a previous request before sending.

Please tag the picture you want to use and I’ll change the copyrights

[Loopy30]

They are all great images, but this one (https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/4619551) would work nicely. Thanks!